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​Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Justin A. Yu, MD, MS, assistant professor in the Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, on his receipt of a grant from FAM-NET, a research network operated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, and University of Pittsburgh.

​Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Michelle L. Manni, PhD, research assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonology, on her appointment as an ombudsperson for the Pitt School of Medicine.

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Alejandro Hoberman, MD, Executive Vice Chair of Pediatrics, on his receipt of the 2022 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award from the Clinical Research Forum, a non-profit association of clinical research experts and thought leaders from the nation’s leading academic health centers. Notably, Hoberman is the first person ever to receive this award from the Forum on two separate occasions. 

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates the following faculty and staff on reaching key career milestones with the department.

Jack Leon Paradise, MD, 96, recently died peacefully at his home in Belmont, Mass., on December 20, 2021. Pitt Pediatrics wishes to acknowledge the recent passing of Paradise and celebrate his many contributions to the department, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and children everywhere.

​Pitt Pediatrics congratulates professor Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD, FACMG, director of the Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine and Center for Rare Disease Therapy, on his election as a 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow.